My Sorority Pledge? I Swore Off Sisterhood

[PM_Mama00]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

.... Women, as a whole, are not evil...I think we can all agree on that....

I don't agree with that. I think women are evil. They will always be selfish, no matter how nice and giving they are. They are doing it for their own good or agenda.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I don't agree with that. I think women are evil. They will always be selfish, no matter how nice and giving they are. They are doing it for their own good or agenda.

[SWTXBelle]

There are good people.
There are bad people.
Even good people can do bad things.
It's called being human, and it is not confined to women. Any time you are dealing with people there is the potential for being hurt. But there is also the potential for wonderful, generous people to show their best selves, and to be supportive. I'm just sorry that the writer had sisters who didn't, for whatever reason, rise to the challenge.
I'm also sorry some of you seem to have also had really negative experiences with women. Yikes. I've known a couple of awful women, but the vast majority, thank God, have been great. I'd hate to see women all tarred with the same brush.

[kathykd2005]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I don't agree with that. I think women are evil. They will always be selfish, no matter how nice and giving they are. They are doing it for their own good or agenda.

That's a rather pesssimistic view, isn't it? I mean, I know that human beings are all flawed, but by saying that ALL women have an alternate agenda, don't you think you're insulting your sisterhood?

[pbear19]

Originally Posted by kathykd2005

That's a rather pesssimistic view, isn't it? I mean, I know that human beings are all flawed, but by saying that ALL women have an alternate agenda, don't you think you're insulting your sisterhood?

More than that, she is insulting herself. She is saying that she herself is evil, unless somehow she is exempt from being a woman.

Yes, all people are inherently selfish, to a degree. Not just women. That is a trait of being human. But to have some measure of selfishness does not make one evil, and to say that women as a whole are evil is a level of cynicism that even I, a rather cynical person, have not embraced.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I don't agree with that. I think women are evil. They will always be selfish, no matter how nice and giving they are. They are doing it for their own good or agenda.

Wow! I'm sorry you feel this way. I know that women can be harsh, critical and selfish at times, but the vast majority that I have met over the past 32 years are caring, sweet, good-hearted people who would do for others before doing for themselves. They are our mothers, sisters and friends. I am proud to be a woman!

[sarasmile]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I don't agree with that. I think women are evil. They will always be selfish, no matter how nice and giving they are. They are doing it for their own good or agenda.

Wow. I'm not even sure what else to say to that. Well, that and pointing out the concept of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Its unfortunate that your experiences have brought you to that conclusion.

[ZTAMich]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

I don't agree with that. I think women are evil. They will always be selfish, no matter how nice and giving they are. They are doing it for their own good or agenda.

My co-worker was telling me about this article today at work. Before I got to read it we were chatting just in general about women and our relationships together. We commented on the fact that when you put women together in social settings, more times than not, we don't get along. There's too much competition, jealousy, etc etc. So I think your statement is true in many ways.